Zelenskyy ‘committed to seeking peace’ despite atrocities

Wearing the olive drab that has marked his transformation into a wartime leader, Mr Zelenskyy looked visibly exhausted yet animated by a drive to persevere

Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Kyiv (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that he is committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have stunned the world, and he renewed his plea for countries to send more weapons ahead of an expected surge in fighting in the country’s east.

He made the comments in an interview with The Associated Press (AP) a day after at least 52 people were killed in a strike on a train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, and as evidence of civilian killings came to light after Russian troops failed to seize the capital where he has hunkered down, Kyiv.